Pacinati [or ˚cināti) [pa+cināti, cp, ācināti] 1. to pick, pluck, gather, take up, collect, accumulate S iii.89; iv.74 (dukkhaŋ=ācināti p. 73); Dh 47, 48 (pupphāni= ocinati DhA i.366); J iii.22; fut. pacinissati DhA i.361. -- 2. to pick out (mentally), to discern, distinguish, realise, know Sn 837 (ppr. pacinaŋ=pacinanto vicinanto tulayanto tīrayanto Nd1 185;=pavicinati SnA 545); fut. pacessati Dh 44, 45 (sic F.; MSS. vijessati, & vicessati the latter perhaps preferable to pac˚; expld at DhA i.334 by vicinissati upaparikkhissati paṭivijjhissati sacchikarissati). -- Pass. pacīyati to be heaped up, to increase, accumulate S iv.74 (opp. khīyati).